(1) Section 2 is amended by inserting the following definition in its appropriate alphabetical order:

“adult beneficiary means a beneficiary who is 18 years of age or over”.
(2) Section 2 is amended by adding the following subsection as subsection (2):
- “(2) The definition of adult beneficiary applies to a Maori Trust Board in relation to the first election conducted under Part 3 after the commencement of this subsection.”

5 Tuwharetoa Maori Trust Board

(1) Section 10(1) is amended by adding “(the Board)”.
(2) Section 10 is amended by repealing subsections (2) and (3) and substituting the following subsections:
- “(2) Without further appropriation than this section, the sum of $1,500,000, or a greater or lesser sum that is agreed between the Crown and the Board, in accordance with the deed defined in subsection (3), must be paid out of public money to the Board on the first day of July in each year.
- “(3) In subsection (2), deed means the deed entered into on 10 September 2007 by Her Majesty the Queen in right of New Zealand acting by and through the Minister of Conservation (the Crown) and the Board established under subsection (1).”

6 Validation

The election of any member of a Maori Trust Board before the commencement of this Act is not invalid by reason only that a person who voted was, or may have been, over the age of 18 years but under the age of 20 years at the time of the election.

7 Consequential and other amendments

The Maori Trust Boards Regulations 1985 are amended in the manner set out in the Schedule.

s 7

Maori Trust Boards Regulations 1985 (SR 1985/258)

The item relating to the Tuhua/Hikurangi Regional Management Committee in the item relating to the Maniapoto Maori Trust Board in Schedule 2: omit “Tuwhenua.” and substitute the following items:

Tuwhenua

Peetania

Wharauroa.

The item relating to the Hauaru Ki Uta Regional Management Committee in the item relating to the Maniapoto Maori Trust Board in Schedule 2: omit “Hauaru” and substitute “Hauauru”.

The item relating to the Hauaru Ki Uta Regional Management Committee in the item relating to the Maniapoto Maori Trust Board in Schedule 2: omit “Rakaunui”.

The item relating to the Nehenehenui Regional Management Committee in the item relating to the Maniapoto Maori Trust Board in Schedule 2: omit “Te Whakaaro Kotahi Hiona.” and substitute the following items:

Te Whakaaro Kotahi Hiona

Kakepuku Papakainga.

The item relating to the Tokanganui a Noho Regional Management Committee in the item relating to the Maniapoto Maori Trust Board in Schedule 2: omit “Parekaitini” and substitute “Tomotuki”.

The item relating to the Maniapoto Maori Trust Board in Schedule 2: insert the following item after the item relating to Te Tokanganui a Noho Regional Management Committee:

1 Ngā Tai o Kawhia Regional Management Committee, comprising the following marae:

Te Mahoe

Tokopiko

Mokoroa

Mokai Kainga

Rakaunui.

Schedule 4: omit “the age of 20 years” and substitute “the age of 18 years”.

Legislative history
17 April 2008	Divided from Māori Purposes Bill (No 2) (Bill 178–1) by committee of the whole House (Bill 178–2B)
15 May 2008	Third reading
22 May 2008	Royal assent

This Act is administered by Te Puni Kōkiri.

Maori Trust Boards Amendment Act 2008